Appointee Biographies

WALID ABOU-HAMDE

Walid Abou-Hamde is Vice-President of Corporate Affairs and Partnerships for Skilled Trades Ontario, a former Director of Stakeholder Relations for the Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development (2019-2022), and a former Manager of Stakeholder Relations for the Ministry of Infrastructure (2018-2019).

BRADLEY NICPON

Bradley Nicpon is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Real Property & Planning Group in Toronto. His practice focuses on infrastructure, construction, energy, real estate development and public-private partnerships. Brad has advised on and led infrastructure transactions around the world. His experience includes the drafting and negotiating of legal arrangements to construct, operate, finance, purchase and sell infrastructure assets across various classes, including energy generation & transmission, hospitals, law enforcement, sporting facilities, and transit/transportation projects. Brad received an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2007, an M.Sc. in Political Theory from the London School of Economics in 2004 and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Genetics and Political Science from the University of Western Ontario in 2003. Brad qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Province of Ontario in 2008, and as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2016.